![Bush Farm near Chatham, 1838](https://www.warmuseum.ca/war-of-1812/files/2012/11/3C-GR07-Bush-Farm-near-Chatham-1838.jpg)
War Fears
“ Besides the destruction of lives, the burning of houses, the plunder of cattle, and all other species of moveable property, it [war] would throw back the state of business and improvement for many years.”
— Editorial, Kingston Gazette, 25 September 1810,
Kingston, Upper Canada
Bush Farm near Chatham, 1838
Watercolour by Philip Bainbrigge, 1838 Library and Archives Canada, 1983-047-21